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Guess The Year: Taxi Edition
[UPDATED BELOW] We've come a long way since this banged up looking taxi was roaming the streets for fares. Can you guess which year this photograph was taken? As usual, we'll update this post later with the...
Guess The Year: Your Bowler Hat Is In My Bike Lane Edition
[UPDATE BELOW] You think today's cyclists have it rough? Way back when they had to make their own bike lanes, pushing through men in bowler hats! Can you guess the year this photo was taken? We'll...
Guess the Year: High Rise Edition
[UPDATE BELOW] What year did this new high rise pop up next to some older brownstones? Take your best guess and we'll update later with the answer, as well as location. UPDATE: This photo was taken...
Guess The Year: Station Painting
[UPDATED BELOW] What year did the MTA decide to give this station a paint job? (And was it the last time the station saw a fresh coat of paint?!) We'll update with the date, as well...
Guess The Year: Buildings Edition
[UPDATED BELOW] Double assignment: guess the year this photo was taken and name as many buildings as you can. Go! (As usual, we'll update this post later with details.) UPDATE: This photo was taken around 1915,...
Guess The Year: Transit Edition
[UPDATED BELOW] Can you guess which year this photograph was taken (and where)? We'll update later with the answer, more details, and another photo of the same area. UPDATE: This photograph was taken in 1938, and the...
Guess The Year: Busy Street Edition
[UPDATED BELOW] Can you guess what year this photograph was taken? We'll update later today with the answer, and the location. UPDATE: This photo was taken in 1960, the caption reads "Racks of dresses steered by pushboys...
Guess The Year: Subway Edition
[UPDATED BELOW] Can you guess which year these three (rather suspicious looking!) straphangers were riding the subway? Bonus points for guessing the subway stop. We'll update the post later with the answers. UPDATE: This is the...
Guess The Year: Beat Edition
[UPDATE BELOW] Can you guess which year, and in what neighborhood, this photograph of an NYPD officer was taken? We'll update the post later with the answers. UPDATE: As some astute commenters noted, this photo was...
Guess The Year: Aerial Edition
Can you guess the year from up above? We'll update the post later with the answer. UPDATE: This photo was taken in 1939, from a DC-4 passenger plane flying over midtown Manhattan....
Guess The Year: Dressing Room Edition
[UPDATED] Can you guess which year this photograph was taken, and where these girls were getting ready to perform? We'll update later with the answer and more details. UPDATE: The first photo above was taken in 1947;...
Guess The Year: Barstool Edition
[UPDATED] Can you guess which year this photograph was taken? We'll update later with the answer, some details and more photographs. UPDATE: These photos were all taken in 1933—original captions have been added....
Guess The Year: Relaxing Edition
Can you guess which year this photo was taken? Bonus points if you can guess where in New York City this is. We'll update later with the answer and more details. UPDATE: This photo—which we posted...
Guess The Year: Dino Edition
What year did these dinosaurs take a trip on one of New York City's rivers? Put your best guess in the comments, and we'll update with the answer, and more, later. UPDATE: This photo (now seen in...
Guess The Year: Betting Edition
Can you guess what year this photo was taken? We'll update this post later with the answer, and more photos and details. UPDATE: This photo was taken in 1939, and the caption reads: "A view of construction...
Guess The Year: Model Edition
If you can figure out what's going on here, you may be able to guess the correct year. Put your best guesses in the comments, and we'll update later with the answer, more details and photos. UPDATE:...
Guess The Year: Chinese Restaurant Edition
Can you guess what year this photograph was taken? We'll update later with the answer and more details. UPDATE: This photo was taken of the Port Arthur Chinese Restaurant, located at 7-9 Mott Street, in 1900....
Guess The Year: Action Shot Edition
In what year did these two throw down? Put your guess in the comments and we'll update later with the answer. UPDATE: There aren't too many details about this photo except that it was taken in...
[UPDATE] Guess The Year: Development Edition
Can you guess when and where this photograph was taken? We'll update later with the answers and more details. (This is sort of the reverse image of the Last Brownstone Standing.) Update: The photo is of...
Guess The Year: Above Ground Edition
Can you guess when and where this photograph was taken? Put your best guesses in the comments and we'll update later with more details. UPDATE: This is the 3rd Ave line of the Manhattan Elevated Railway,...
Guess The Year: "Neibors Laundry" Edition
Do you know what year this photograph was taken? Put your best guess in the comments and we'll update this post later with the answer. UPDATE: This photo was taken in 1936 by Berenice Abbott....
Guess The Year: Details Edition
Can you guess which year this photo was taken, or what's going on in it? This was shot right here in New York City, and we'll update this post later with the year, and more details....
Guess The Year: Barricade Edition
Photo by Benedict J. Fernandez Do you know what year this photograph was taken? For this one, we actually got the story behind the image from the photographer, so we'll update later with the date, and...
Guess The Year: Drug Store Edition
Can you guess what year this photo was taken, and in what borough this neon lit corner may be? We'll update the post later with the answer and more details. UPDATE: This photo was taken in...
Guess The Year: Flower Edition
What year did this woman buy potted flowers in? Put your best guess in the comments (and the borough if you're feeling lucky), and we'll update later with the answer. UPDATE: This photo was taken in April...
Guess The Year: Crowded Edition
Can you guess when this photograph was taken? We'll update later with the answer and more details on what exactly is going on here. UPDATE: The (first) photo above was taken at the groundbreaking ceremony for Lincoln...
Guess The Year: Central Park Edition
Do you know what year this photograph was taken? There's an interesting back story behind it, and we'll update this post later with all the details. Hint: the location is Central Park. UPDATE: This photograph was taken...
Guess The Year: Neon Lights Edition
Neon lights reflecting in a dark, slick street? Guess the year this photograph was taken, and where in New York City. As always, we'll update later with the answer and more details. UPDATE: This photo was...
Guess The Year: Trolley Days
With so much talk of trolleys coming back to New York (at least in Brooklyn), here's a snapshot of what our city streets looked like when they were originally here. Can you guess which year this photo...
Guess The Year: Ripped Edition
Do you know what's going on here? Guess the year this photograph was taken—and if you want, take a stab at who's in the photo. We'll update this post later with the answer, details, and more photos....